#SingurBlowback: Cabinet minister Malay Ghatak says ‘can’t return land’
- 5 years ago
In sharp contrast to Trinamool Congress' consistent stance seeking return of land to "unwilling farmers" in Singur, senior minister in the TMC government Malay Ghatak on Wednesday caused a flutter by saying that land once acquired by the government cannot be returned legally.
The remarks by the Labour Minister RPT Labour Minister, made in industrial town Durgapur, came on a day when another senior minister Partha Chatterjee, in an apparent plea to the Tatas for return of land to Singur farmers, hoped that the group would resolve the "grievances" of the peasants.
"You know the law. The land was acquired for Andal Airport project. Similarly, land was acquired by the state government in Singur (for the Tata Motors factory). In Singur, there are farmers who have not taken compensation cheque. There is no legal provision for returning land once acquired by the state government (for any project)," Ghatak told reporters on the sidelines of an administrative meeting there.
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The remarks by the Labour Minister RPT Labour Minister, made in industrial town Durgapur, came on a day when another senior minister Partha Chatterjee, in an apparent plea to the Tatas for return of land to Singur farmers, hoped that the group would resolve the "grievances" of the peasants.
"You know the law. The land was acquired for Andal Airport project. Similarly, land was acquired by the state government in Singur (for the Tata Motors factory). In Singur, there are farmers who have not taken compensation cheque. There is no legal provision for returning land once acquired by the state government (for any project)," Ghatak told reporters on the sidelines of an administrative meeting there.
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